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Spain near end of four-year drought: weather agency

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Drought that has parched fields and prompted water restrictions in Spain since 2021 could be over soon thanks to abundant rainfall, national weather agency says.

Downpours in the first nine days of March have drenched Spain with an amount of rain that usually falls during the entire month .

Recent rainfall included Spain 's wettest October on record, which culminated in historic floods that killed 232 people.

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